This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Harlem Renaissance > Harlem Renaissance – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Harlem Renaissance Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who started the Harlem Renaissance? A) The enslaved and illiterate people. B) The enslaved people. C) The free and literary people. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The free and literary people. 2. Opera singer who performed at Lincoln Memorial and the White House A) Ella Fitzgerald. B) Marian Anderson. C) Lena Horne. D) A'Lelia Walker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marian Anderson. 3. The driving force behind the Harlem Renaissance largely came from ..... A) Captains of industry who had monopolies in various industries. B) Newly arrived immigrants from Europe. C) Native Americans who were forced to live on reservations. D) African Americans who moved from the Jim Crow South to the North & Midwest to start new lives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) African Americans who moved from the Jim Crow South to the North & Midwest to start new lives. 4. The time when a lot of African-Americans moved North from the South is called ..... A) The Great Apostacy. B) The Great Movement. C) The Great Migration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Great Migration. 5. An argument based on logic and reason rather than emotion and personal opinion is best described as ..... A) Biased. B) Rhetorical. C) Objective. D) Weak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Objective. 6. Some PUSH FACTORS of the South, influencing the Great Migration included all of the following, except ..... A) Discrimination, lynchings and black codes. B) Factory jobs in the North. C) Drought and boll weevils destroying crops. D) Unfair share cropping contracts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Factory jobs in the North. 7. Which sentence is correct about the Cotton Club? A) The club had an open-door policy for customers, but featured many of the best black entertainers and jazz musicians of the era. B) The club had a male-only policy for customers, but featured many of the best black entertainers and jazz musicians of the era. C) The club had a whites-only policy for customers, but featured many of the best black entertainers and jazz musicians of the era. D) The club had a female-only policy for customers, but featured many of the best black entertainers and jazz musicians of the era. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The club had a whites-only policy for customers, but featured many of the best black entertainers and jazz musicians of the era. 8. Read the excerpt from "The Weary Blues." He made that poor piano moan with melody. O Blues!Swaying to and fro on his rickety stoolHe played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool. Sweet Blues!Coming from a black man's soul. O Blues! In a deep song voice with a melancholy toneI heard that Negro sing, that old piano moan- "Ain't got nobody in all this world, Ain't got nobody but ma self.I's gwine to quit ma frownin' And put ma troubles on the shelf." What is the effect of repeating the phrase "piano moan" in the poem? A) It adds an open, musical sound. B) It sets a sad, mournful tone. C) It adds a cheerful, melodic chord. D) It sets an angry, discordant tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It sets a sad, mournful tone. 9. "Harlem" reveals the speaker's feelings mainly by? A) Using imagery to make the reader feel the pain. B) Using personification to show the characteristics of a dream. C) Using similes to describe what happens to dreams. D) Using metaphors to describe what happens to dreams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Using similes to describe what happens to dreams. 10. Which of the following is NOT a political or economic movement that helped empower African Americans in the 1920s? A) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. B) United Negro Improvement Association. C) Freedmen's Bureau. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freedmen's Bureau. 11. What is democracy? A) Democracy is a form of government where all people have a voice and can give input. B) Democracy is a form of government where one person makes all of the decisions. C) Democracy is a feeling. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democracy is a form of government where all people have a voice and can give input. 12. Dance floor was spring loaded and a city block long A) Cotton Club. B) Minstrel shows. C) Savoy Ballroom. D) Apollo Theater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Savoy Ballroom. 13. Who wrote everyday poetry? A) Langston Hughes. B) Countee Cullen. C) Duke Ellington. D) Carl Von Vechten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Langston Hughes. 14. What was the mood of the poem "Harlem:A Poem" by Walter Dean Myers. A) Hopeless. B) Sad. C) Celebratory. D) Angry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Celebratory. 15. What did the Great Migration and the Harlem Renaissance foster among black Americans? A) A sense of racial pride and encouraged resistance against subservient roles. B) The resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. C) The dismantling of voting rights through tactics like literacy tests and the grandfather clause. D) The concentration of black intellectuals and artists in Harlem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sense of racial pride and encouraged resistance against subservient roles. 16. What purpose does this repetition serve in "I Hear America Singing" A) It creates alliteration. B) It reinforces the poem's rhyme scheme. C) It creates vivid images of American life. D) It unifies the poem and reinforces the theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It unifies the poem and reinforces the theme. 17. What did the Great Migration create in the Harlem district of New York? A) A space for black Americans to express themselves and their experiences. B) A resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. C) A dismantling of voting rights through tactics like literacy tests and the grandfather clause. D) A concentration of black intellectuals and artists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A space for black Americans to express themselves and their experiences. 18. This person was an author, playwright, and filmmaker. She became friends with and worked with Langston Hughes on a play. A) Zora Neale Hurston. B) Bessie Smith. C) Louis Armstrong. D) Aaron Douglas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zora Neale Hurston. 19. (US.28) What areas did southern blacks move to during the Great Migration? A) Small towns in the northeast. B) Large cities in the midwest. C) Industrial cities in the northeast. D) Rural towns in the northeast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial cities in the northeast. 20. True or false:Isolationism is a post war trend in the 1920s A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 21. A thrilling or unusual experience or an exciting activity A) International. B) Symbolized. C) Adventure. D) Fame. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adventure. 22. Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are. A) Rhythm. B) Idiom. C) Hyperbole. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 23. In "America" by Claude McKay-America is ..... throughout the poem. A) Repeated. B) Personified. C) Uses similes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personified. 24. What was the New Negro movement? A) A movement to gain civil and political rights for African-Americans. B) A compilation of literary work by African-American writers. C) A period of cultural revolution in African-American history. D) A migration of black people from the South to urban centers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A movement to gain civil and political rights for African-Americans. 25. Famous jazz pianist, composer, conductor during the Harlem Renaissance; Known for big band jazz A) Duke Ellington. B) Aaron Douglas. C) Bessie Smith. D) Louis Armstrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duke Ellington. 26. What was the stretch of land between the trenches? A) No man's land. B) La La land. C) Attack Trenches. D) Switzerland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No man's land. 27. The relocation of millions of African-Americans from the rural south to northern and western cities in the US from 1916 to 1970. Many moved to escape southern poverty and segregationist laws following the outbreak of World War I A) Double consciousness. B) Louis Armstrong. C) The Great Migration. D) Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Great Migration. 28. Author of "The Weary Blues" A) Countee Cullen. B) Langston Hughes. C) Tupac. D) Zora Neale Hurston. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Langston Hughes. 29. Read the excerpt from "Letter from Birmingham Jail." I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every southern state, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. What is King's purpose for including this sentence? A) To explain his ties to the city of Atlanta. B) To emphasize his own Southern roots. C) To establish his professional credentials. D) To illustrate the depth of his religious faith. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To establish his professional credentials. 30. What effect did the Harlem Renaissance on American culture? A) It grouped the best black artists of the era into one neighborhood, creating a boom of art and fashion. B) It improved treatment of blacks by poor, white people on the east coast. C) It led to more whites playing music alongside black artists. D) It led to the desegregation of cities in the South. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It grouped the best black artists of the era into one neighborhood, creating a boom of art and fashion. 31. American sociologist, historian and civil rights activist. In addition to his many essays and books, he was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909 A) Langston Hughes. B) Louis Armstrong. C) Billie Holiday. D) W. E. B. DuBois. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) W. E. B. DuBois. 32. Checking for Understanding:In the 1920s, Harlem became an important neighborhood for Black Americans because ..... A) Black Americans were legally forced to move to Harlem when they arrived in New York City. B) Black Businessmen bought up real estate here and leased to Black tenants. C) Many migrants from the north moved to this neighborhood. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black Businessmen bought up real estate here and leased to Black tenants. 33. How did the German people react to the Treaty of Versailles? A) They were ok with it because they realized that they lost the war. B) They loved it because it was so favorable to them. C) They hated it because it treated them severely. D) Most Germans didn't really care. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They hated it because it treated them severely. 34. What impact did the Harlem Renaissance have on African American culture? A) The Harlem Renaissance had no impact on African American culture. B) The Harlem Renaissance caused a decline in African American culture. C) The Harlem Renaissance had a significant impact on African American culture. D) The Harlem Renaissance only impacted African American literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Harlem Renaissance had a significant impact on African American culture. 35. Langston Hughes is known for which cultural movement? A) Victorian. B) Realism. C) Harlem Renaissance. D) Surrealism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harlem Renaissance. 36. Religion as relates to the Harlem Renaissance is A) Having a strong belief in a higher power. B) Believing in the power of nature. C) Having deep rooted faith in God. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Having deep rooted faith in God. 37. ..... is an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship A) Romanticism. B) Industrialism. C) Transcendentalism. D) Transcendental Club. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrialism. 38. The poet of Harlem A) Countee Cullen. B) James Weldon Johnson. C) Langston Hughes. D) Duke Ellington. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Langston Hughes. 39. What instrument did Louis Armstrong play? A) Guitar. B) Flute. C) Trumpet. D) Trumbone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trumpet. 40. What is Duke Ellington's birth name? A) Edward Kennedy. B) Elijah Kelley. C) Joey Tribbiani. D) James Marsden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Edward Kennedy. 41. Who was appalled by the treatment of African-American troops and stated, 'We return from fighting. We return fighting.'? A) African-American nurses. B) General Pershing. C) W.E.B. Du Bois. D) Henry Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) W.E.B. Du Bois. 42. Pilgrims, also known as separatists, wanted to ..... the church. A) Purify. B) Join. C) Separate from. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Separate from. 43. What is happening in the painting "The Migration Series-Panel 1" ? A) Black people leaving the south during the Great Migration. B) Black people having a party a at train station. C) Black people confused and not knowing what to do. D) Black people running from the police and KKK. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black people leaving the south during the Great Migration. 44. Which poet was the first African American to earn a doctorate at Harvard? A) Fenton Johnson. B) Margaret Walker. C) W.E.B. DuBois. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) W.E.B. DuBois. 45. Approximately ..... million African Americans left the South during the Great Migration A) 6 million. B) 5 million. C) 3 million. D) 4 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6 million. 46. When African Americans began to move from the rural South to the urban North, this was called ..... ? A) The Great Migration. B) The Great Awakening. C) The Trail of Tears. D) The Great Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Great Migration. 47. She was the first Black woman to ..... A) Work with a white orchestra. B) To work with louis armstrong. C) Go to the cotton club. D) To hit those folks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Work with a white orchestra. 48. Would it be accurate to say that the speaker struggled with the assignment? A) NO. B) YES. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) YES. 49. The thesis statement of a strong compare-and-contrast paragraph should combine ..... A) Two relevant details and the main topic. B) The writer's viewpoint with a summary of the details. C) The writer's observations with a viewpoint. D) The topic with the writer's viewpoint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The topic with the writer's viewpoint. 50. A Sonnet has how many quatrains and couplets? A) 2 quatrains & 2 Couplets. B) 1 quatrain & 3 couplets. C) 4 quatrains. D) 3 quatrains & 1 couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3 quatrains & 1 couplet. 51. American ..... reached a new peak in the 1920s due to the effects of WW1 propaganda and the Bolshevik revolution in 1917 A) Nationalism. B) Racism. C) Xenophobia. D) Nativism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nativism. 52. What author wrote stories based in the Jazz Age? A) Suzanne Collins. B) J.K. Rowling. C) W.C. Handy. D) F. Scott Fitzgerald. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) F. Scott Fitzgerald. 53. Some black men during the time of the Harlem Renaissance wore A) Zoot suits. B) Jewelry. C) Jeans. D) Leopard skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zoot suits. 54. What is Louis Armstrong famous for? A) He was a pilot. B) He was a poet. C) He has the record for most hot dogs eaten. D) He was a musician and singer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was a musician and singer. 55. What coincided with the Great Migration to the north from the South by African Americans, as well as an increase in education by these same people. A) Socialism. B) Harlem Renaissance. C) Evolution. D) Native Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Harlem Renaissance. 56. To have an influence on someone is to have a/an ..... on them. A) Diversity. B) Impact. C) Gimmick. D) Discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impact. 57. The temperance movement sought to limit ..... A) Immigration to the United States. B) Rights of women. C) Use of alcohol. D) Owning of firearms. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use of alcohol. 58. Who evolved as an artist, which took him from basic jazz principles to cool jazz to rock, funk and even hip hop, representing the ever-changing musical landscape of America? A) Billy Dee Williams. B) Miles Davis. C) James Baldwin. D) Curtis Mayfield. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Miles Davis. 59. How do the phrases "this fenced-off narrow space" (Line 4) and "walls oppression builds" (Line 9) develop the meaning of the poem? A) They describe the way freedom looks to oppressed people. B) They illustrate how the speaker plans to combat oppression. C) They reveal how oppression limits people's opportunities in life. D) They highlight how neighbors build walls and fences to keep people out. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They reveal how oppression limits people's opportunities in life. 60. Who was the most popular black female recording artist in the 1950? A) Les Twins. B) Dinah Washington. C) Ebony Williams. D) Ava Duvernay. 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